Michael G
@yttrium.bsky.social
Once referred to as “little commie” by my high school social studies teacher. A badge I still wear with pride.
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“New wealth” isn’t created ex nihilo by founders, it’s extracted from collective labor, public research, and finite resources. Billionaires don’t create wealth in proportion to what they capture, they capture it in proportion to the power they hold.
And they should not exist.
And they should not exist.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM
“New wealth” isn’t created ex nihilo by founders, it’s extracted from collective labor, public research, and finite resources. Billionaires don’t create wealth in proportion to what they capture, they capture it in proportion to the power they hold.
And they should not exist.
And they should not exist.
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News: NY Attorney General Tish James announces deal to dissolve anti-speech group Betar US.
James investigated Betar for targeting "Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers."
Betar is among the groups that's taken credit for pushing the Trump-Vance admin to detain Mahmoud Khalil.
James investigated Betar for targeting "Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers."
Betar is among the groups that's taken credit for pushing the Trump-Vance admin to detain Mahmoud Khalil.
January 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
News: NY Attorney General Tish James announces deal to dissolve anti-speech group Betar US.
James investigated Betar for targeting "Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers."
Betar is among the groups that's taken credit for pushing the Trump-Vance admin to detain Mahmoud Khalil.
James investigated Betar for targeting "Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers."
Betar is among the groups that's taken credit for pushing the Trump-Vance admin to detain Mahmoud Khalil.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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TCM will honor the life and career of the late Rob Reiner with a programming tribute including a special premiere presentation of THE PRINCESS BRIDE ('87) next month: https://bit.ly/3MN4T0x
December 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TCM will honor the life and career of the late Rob Reiner with a programming tribute including a special premiere presentation of THE PRINCESS BRIDE ('87) next month: https://bit.ly/3MN4T0x
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You don't have to abandon trans people to prove you're actually a real big strong man, Jesus Christ
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You don't have to abandon trans people to prove you're actually a real big strong man, Jesus Christ
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Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?
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My brain sees this and immediately begins playing the civil war theme music
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My brain sees this and immediately begins playing the civil war theme music
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They look like they're about to demand the surrender of Paddington Bear to the authorities.
Steen claims the political consensus has never been so out of kilter with the grassroots desire for an alternative voice
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
They look like they're about to demand the surrender of Paddington Bear to the authorities.
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10/ Call for Uniting for Peace Resolution for Gaza
Petro explicitly called for invoking the Uniting for Peace mechanism at the UN General Assembly to bypass U.S. vetoes. He said Gaza can no longer rely on blocked diplomacy, and urged member states to vote for a powerful international force...
Petro explicitly called for invoking the Uniting for Peace mechanism at the UN General Assembly to bypass U.S. vetoes. He said Gaza can no longer rely on blocked diplomacy, and urged member states to vote for a powerful international force...
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
10/ Call for Uniting for Peace Resolution for Gaza
Petro explicitly called for invoking the Uniting for Peace mechanism at the UN General Assembly to bypass U.S. vetoes. He said Gaza can no longer rely on blocked diplomacy, and urged member states to vote for a powerful international force...
Petro explicitly called for invoking the Uniting for Peace mechanism at the UN General Assembly to bypass U.S. vetoes. He said Gaza can no longer rely on blocked diplomacy, and urged member states to vote for a powerful international force...
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In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
If this is what it took for you to be pushed into fascism you were probably already there
September 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In the 2010s, this country's elites were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else and could finally read what we all think about them and it caused them so much psychic damage that they decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make sure nothing like it ever happened again.
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Of fucking COURSE
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This predates the social media wars of the late 2010s: One Trump appointee told me that a radicalizing experience was being booted out of the [italics] Gawker comments section [roman], way back in the day. But as progressive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lyspo2bgxpznqtug5ir2q33g/bafkreiclluc2id5dmxlbfzwuj4ftldmlgn34xnsi444ccbuldbifjf3yau@jpeg)
September 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Of fucking COURSE
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It's worth mourning the end of a 40ish-year-long broad American consensus that political violence is a bad thing, one that leads to lots of innocent people getting hurt and killed. We've been watching that consensus erode consistently since 2016 at the latest and now it's fully gone.
September 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's worth mourning the end of a 40ish-year-long broad American consensus that political violence is a bad thing, one that leads to lots of innocent people getting hurt and killed. We've been watching that consensus erode consistently since 2016 at the latest and now it's fully gone.
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Graham Greene (1952–2025)
September 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Graham Greene (1952–2025)
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A whole chunk of the country ruled by sociopathic degenerates who never stopped congratulating themselves for how rich, powerful, and culturally sophisticated they were. The planter class was a blight on America, good fucking riddance, and may their legacy wither and burn
Lost Cause guys: "Don't you realize that Yankee culture was an affront to the South?"
The actual culture of the "civilization" of the South:
The actual culture of the "civilization" of the South:
July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A whole chunk of the country ruled by sociopathic degenerates who never stopped congratulating themselves for how rich, powerful, and culturally sophisticated they were. The planter class was a blight on America, good fucking riddance, and may their legacy wither and burn
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
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It's very very funny when American news outlets panic over stuff like baby boxes which are very normal in other western countries (Like Scotland) as if its a brand new communist terror threat unheard of throughout the globe.
'FREE STUFF FOR BABIES???? LIKE STALIN????'
'FREE STUFF FOR BABIES???? LIKE STALIN????'
Will no one stop this maniac who wants to make life easier for people?!?!!
MAMDANI'S SOCIALIST PROMISES: BABY BASKETS TO NEWBORNS
June 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's very very funny when American news outlets panic over stuff like baby boxes which are very normal in other western countries (Like Scotland) as if its a brand new communist terror threat unheard of throughout the globe.
'FREE STUFF FOR BABIES???? LIKE STALIN????'
'FREE STUFF FOR BABIES???? LIKE STALIN????'
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i love my echo chamber bubble it’s comfy and cozy and there’s treats and enrichment activities i never want to leave and i never will
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i love my echo chamber bubble it’s comfy and cozy and there’s treats and enrichment activities i never want to leave and i never will
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haven't laughed this hard in months defector.com/dave-mckenna...
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May 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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